Tag Archives: wild rocket

Introducing Carole’s Garden

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Anni Kelsey

Carole and I have been corresponding for some time now and I love to hear about and see the pictures of how her lovely garden is progressing. I asked if she would like to write about it for a blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Edible Perennial Gardening, Guest posts, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, Relationship with nature | Tagged Asturian tree kale, garlic chives, herbs, kale, miners lettuce, parsley, red chicory, red orache, red sorrel, sweet cicely, Welsh onion, wild rocket, wild strawberries | 9 Comments

Plan B

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Anni Kelsey

As every gardener knows things don’t always work out as we plan. Among the things I planned for this summer were: a selection of root vegetables from saved seeds scattered in one patch a selection of grains (quinoa, amaranth and buckwheat) … Continue reading →

Posted in Borderland Garden, Perennial Vegetables | Tagged armaranth, buckwheat, field beans, grains, jerusalem artichoke, Oca, perennial vegetables, quinoa, salsify, sunflowers, wild rocket, Yacon | 6 Comments

the garden going it alone …..

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Anni Kelsey

It has been a while since I posted regular updates on this blog – I have been poorly for some months, but am on the mend now. It has also meant that I have not been able to spend much … Continue reading →

Posted in Borderland Garden, Perennial Vegetables, Polycultures | Tagged chard, Daubentons Kale, jerusalem artichoke, land cress, mashua, Oca, root chicory, root parsley, skirret, wild rocket | 10 Comments

Summer in the garden

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

After my post a few weeks ago about a lack of bees, there are more about in both gardens than there were. The Borderland garden is now absolutely buzzing with both bees and other insects. The Telford garden has less, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Borderland Garden, Edible Perennial Gardening, Perennial Vegetables, Polycultures | Tagged biodiversity, jerusalem artichoke, mashua, Oca, scorzonera, skirret, Welsh onion, wild rocket | 1 Comment

Seen on holiday …..

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

Just a mention of a few things I noticed whilst having a short camping break this weekend. Firstly, I know it must take a lot of effort to keep camping grounds in order and many sites work hard to landscape with trees, … Continue reading →

Posted in Borderland Garden, Edible Perennial Gardening, Forest Gardening, Fruit, Hedgerow, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, Relationship with nature | Tagged blackberry, blackcurrant, bunching onion, chokeberry, elder, fennel, garlic, honeyberry, jerusalem artichoke, jostaberry, land cress, loganberry, raspberry, red currant, scorzonera, tayberry, Welsh onion, wild rocket, Yacon | Leave a comment

Evaluating 2013 and Looking Forward to 2014 in the Borderland Garden

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

2013 gave me an wonderful opportunity to start a new garden in the Welsh / English borders. There are already a series of posts about this venture, and there are links below to some of these. At the start of … Continue reading →

Posted in Borderland Garden, Forest Gardening, Hedgerow, perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, roots and tubers | Tagged burdock, dahlia tubers, jerusalem artichoke, Oca, perennial kale, wild rocket, Yacon | 3 Comments

Ad hoc polycultures

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Anni Kelsey

If you have read this blog before you will know that this year I have started a new garden this year, up in the hills on the border between Wales and England. The general plan is along the lines of … Continue reading →

Posted in Borderland Garden, forest garden development, Forest Gardening, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures | Tagged burdock, jerusalem artichoke, mashua, Oca, wild rocket | 6 Comments

Forming a relationship with the garden

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Anni Kelsey

As time goes on my relationship with the small area comprising my polyculture patches changes and deepens in previously unanticipated and unexpected ways. Having spent some time considering why, I think that there are two main reasons. The first is … Continue reading →

Posted in Forest Gardening, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, Relationship with nature, Telford Garden | Tagged Daubentons Kale, forest garden, jerusalem artichoke, mashua, Oca, wild rocket, Yacon, yield | 5 Comments

Using diverse crops to ensure a yield (2)

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Anni Kelsey

If my garden is not resilient it is nothing; and as the summer moves on this is becoming ever more apparent. The garden may be small, but for the area it occupies it is productive and I hope to improve … Continue reading →

Posted in Forest Gardening, perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, roots and tubers, Suppliers, Telford Garden | Tagged Chinese artichoke, compost, Daubentons Kale, field beans, forest gardening, Oca, resilience, Welsh onion, wild rocket, Yacon, yield | Leave a comment

Using diverse crops to ensure a yield

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Anni Kelsey

This is turning out to be a very wet summer so far. Of course this is not unusual for the UK, British weather is notoriously variable. It is therefore equally certain that the performance of different crops will vary from … Continue reading →

Posted in Forest Gardening, perennial greens, Perennial Vegetables, Permaculture, Polycultures, roots and tubers, Telford Garden | Tagged field beans, jerusalem artichoke, kale, Oca, scorzonera, skirret, wild rocket, Yacon, yam | 3 Comments